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What the EPA limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in water mean
Brianne Callahan of the Water Center explains the new regulations on PFAS, plus how they might affect consumer water bills, health, and more.
News・ Health Sciences
Two Penn students awarded Truman Scholarships
Third-year students Aravind Krishnan and Tej Patel in the Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management have received Harry S. Truman Scholarships.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Impressionism and the modernization of time
A new book from history of art professor André Dombrowski knits together the works of artists like Claude Monet and the nature of time as it emerges in its present-day form.
News・ Health Sciences
Nurses across the U.S. cite employer failures as their top reason for leaving
A new Penn Nursing study highlights the fact that health care employers could retain more nurses through solutions that enhance nurses’ work-life balance.
News・ Campus & Community
Philadelphia School District students are learning through dance
A residency from Rennie Harris Puremovement is part of a Penn Live Arts program which offers pre-performance visits to local schools.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
A trio of events welcome world leaders to Penn
In recent weeks, the Center for Africana Studies hosted the president of Sierra Leone and a former president of South Africa, while Perry World House had a conversation with a former leader of Peru.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Two Penn professors named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows
Wale Adebanwi and Deborah A. Thomas of the School of Arts & Sciences are among 188 fellows chosen in the United States and Canada.
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Experiencing extreme weather predicts support for policies to mitigate effects of climate change
An analysis by the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds exposure to extreme weather is associated with support for policies intended to mitigate the effects of climate change.
News・ Education, Business, & Law
With Project SHARPE, Amalia Daché documents reparations in higher ed
Project SHARPE aims to “look at work of reparations and what campuses founded before the Civil War are doing to repair,” surveying students of African descent about their experiences on campus.
News・ Education, Business, & Law
NBC’s Lester Holt, Dan Slepian discuss raising the voices of the voiceless
As part of the Quattrone Center’s spring symposium at Penn Carey Law, the news veterans highlighted their work reporting on issues of mass incarceration, wrongful conviction, and criminal justice reform.